Law & Politics

By Robert Preidt (HealthDay News) -- The number of medical malpractice payments in the United States has dropped sharply since 2002,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lHXH0Zb2QI&noredirect=1 Terminally ill 29-year-old Brittany Maynard has released a new video as part of her joint campaign with Compassion & Choices to...

By Jeff Donn and Garance Burke ASSOCIATED PRESS  The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources...

By Shefali Luthra Starting Dec. 1, people with ALS – a disease that impairs motor function so people often can’t...

By Michelle Andrews KAISER HEALTH NEWS In the past year, new hepatitis C drugs that promise higher cure rates and...

Nurse Kaci Hickox was discharged from quarantine in New Jersey and is now in her home state of Maine. (Photo:...

By April Dembosky, KQED Troy and Alana Pack had spent the day at their neighborhood Halloween party in Danville. Ten-year-old Troy...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Malpractice reform may not keep physicians from ordering unnecessary and...

By Mark Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked key parts of a 2013 law...

By Michael R. Blood ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Voters could make California the first state to require many...